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Absolute Secure Access EUVDEUVD-2026-44801

| CVE-2026-33445 HIGH
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400)
2026-07-15 Absolute
8.7
CVSS 4.0 · Vendor: Absolute
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Reach internet-facing Secure Access server
  2. Delivery
    Establish/control tunnel protocol session
  3. Exploit
    Send crafted protocol state to trip memory fault
  4. Execution
    Corrupt server memory management
  5. Persist
    Server persistently crashes or hangs
  6. Impact
    Remote access unavailable to users

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Impact

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires the attacker to have, per the vendor description, 'intimate knowledge of and total control over the tunnel protocol' - meaning the ability to craft and drive arbitrary Secure Access tunnel-protocol exchanges, not merely send generic network traffic. The target must be a Secure Access server running a version earlier than 14.55 and reachable on its tunnel service. The published CVSS states PR:N (no authentication) and AV:N (network), so it is nominally remote and unauthenticated; however, the demanded protocol mastery and 'total control over the tunnel' is the real limiting factor and points toward either an established/authenticated tunnel session or a privileged network position, which narrows the pool of capable attackers well below what AC:L/AT:N implies.

Impact

The supplied CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H) rates this network-reachable, unauthenticated, and low-complexity, yielding 8.7 (High) with pure availability impact. That raw scoring conflicts with the description, which states the attacker needs 'intimate knowledge of and total control over the tunnel protocol' - a meaningful skill/positioning prerequisite that argues for higher attack complexity or an explicit attack requirement rather than the AC:L/AT:N in the published vector; this should be verified with the vendor. There is no EPSS score, no SSVC decision data, no POC, and no CISA KEV listing in the provided intelligence, so there is no evidence of automatable or active exploitation. Net assessment: a genuine but bounded risk - the worst case is loss of remote-access availability (which can be business-critical for a VPN gateway), not data theft or code execution - so it should be prioritized as an availability/uptime concern for internet-exposed Secure Access servers rather than treated as a wormable critical.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker who understands the Absolute Secure Access tunnel protocol at a low level connects to an internet-facing server and drives the tunnel into a crafted state that trips the memory-management fault, leaving the server hung or crashed and unable to serve legitimate remote users until manual intervention. Because the failure is persistent rather than transient, a single successful attempt can cause a sustained outage. No public exploit code is known, and the required protocol expertise raises the practical bar despite the network-reachable vector.

This Week Schedule remediation this week. Why: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9).
Patch available 0.3% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Jul 15, 2026

Persistent denial-of-service in Absolute Secure Access servers before version 14.55 allows a remote attacker with deep, low-level command of the tunnel protocol to corrupt server-side memory management and keep the server down. The flaw carries a CVSS 4.0 base score of 8.7 driven entirely by an availability (VA:H) impact, with no confidentiality or integrity consequence. No public exploit identified at time of analysis and it is not listed in CISA KEV, so real-world exploitation appears unproven.

RemediationAI

Upgrade Absolute Secure Access servers to version 14.55 or later, which is the vendor-released patch (affected = prior to 14.55); consult the advisory at https://www.absolute.com/platform/security-information/vulnerability-archive/cve-2026-33445 for the exact build and upgrade guidance. Until patching is complete, reduce exposure by restricting network reachability of the tunnel service to known client IP ranges or placing it behind an upstream filtering layer, and monitor for repeated server crashes, memory exhaustion, or tunnel restarts as an early indicator of exploitation; note that IP restrictions can break roaming or remote users who connect from arbitrary networks, which is the core use case of the product, so treat this as a stopgap rather than a durable control. Because the impact is a persistent DoS, ensure server high-availability/failover and rapid restart automation are in place to limit outage duration if the condition is triggered.

Affected VersionsENISA

Secure Access 0 <14.55

Affected Packages

euvd secure_access fix: 14.55

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

Checking this CVE against your own stacks and servers is part of the Basic plan and up.

Technical ContextAI · show details

Absolute Secure Access (the enterprise secure-connectivity/VPN platform formerly known as NetMotion Mobility) terminates client sessions over a proprietary tunnel protocol. The defect is a memory-management error in the server's handling of that tunnel protocol: malformed or precisely manipulated protocol state exhausts or corrupts memory such that the condition persists rather than self-recovering. No CWE was assigned in the source data, but the described behavior (memory-management fault reachable through protocol handling leading to a durable crash/hang) is consistent with the CWE-400/CWE-401/CWE-404 class (uncontrolled resource consumption / improper resource release) rather than a memory-safety code-execution bug, which aligns with the availability-only CVSS impact. The single affected component is identified by cpe:2.3:a:absolute_security:secure_access:*, i.e. the Secure Access server application across all versions prior to the 14.55 fix.

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Severity by source

Vendor (Absolute) PRIMARY 8.7 HIGH
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
vuln.today AI 5.9 MEDIUM

AC:H because exploitation requires intimate knowledge and total control of the tunnel protocol; network-reachable with availability-only impact, so C:N/I:N/A:H.

3.1 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
4.0 AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (Absolute).

CVSS VectorVendor: Absolute

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
None
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Vulnerable system: Confidentiality
None
Vulnerable system: Integrity
None
Vulnerable system: Availability
High
Subsequent system: Confidentiality
None
Subsequent system: Integrity
None
Subsequent system: Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

2
Patch available
Jul 15, 2026 - 22:33 EUVD
CVE Published
Jul 15, 2026 - 20:13 cve.org
HIGH 8.7

DescriptionCVE.org

CVE-2026-33445 is a memory management vulnerability in Secure Access servers prior to 14.55. Attackers with an intimate knowledge of and total control over the tunnel protocol can create a persistent DoS against the server.

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Why It Matters

Absolute Secure Access versions before 14.55 carry denial-of-service risk with no available vendor patch, creating business continuity exposure for organizations relying on this infrastructure. Although no active exploitation has been documented to date, the vulnerability could result in extended service outages. Immediate mitigation and vendor engagement are critical to reduce organizational risk.

Business Impact: High
Compensating Controls

No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis. Interim mitigations include network segmentation limiting access to authorized sources only, enhanced monitoring and alerting on tunnel protocol activity for anomaly detection, connection rate limiting, deployment in isolated network zones with redundancy to minimize downtime impact, and documented incident response procedures for denial-of-service scenarios affecting this product.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 80% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
enterprise secure-access/VPN gateway, common but vendor-specific footprint
Social Media
1
Sightings
Data Quality
5 sources
Confidence: Medium

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity HIGH
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.3%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
Yes
Human Impact
High
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

44
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +44
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

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